All Corporations articles – Page 157
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Jarden Corporation has placed $250 million worth of convertible notes,...
Jarden Corporation has placed $250 million worth of convertible notes, carrying interest of 1.5 percent a year and due in 2019, with a syndicate of investors headed by Barclays Capital and J.P Morgan. The investors have also exercised an option to purchase an additional $15.2 million at the same conditions. ...
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Onex Corp. has completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from...
Onex Corp. has completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from Nielsen Holdings for $950 million cash.
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shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be...
shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Lululemon Athletica, the fast-growing Canadian company specializing in yoga and...
Lululemon Athletica, the fast-growing Canadian company specializing in yoga and women's activewear, has served notice that it will delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange, but it will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the U.S. The announcement coincided with the news that the company's chief executive, Christine Day, will ...
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The business has been renamed Emerald Expositions. It will continue...
The business has been renamed Emerald Expositions. It will continue to organize the Outdoor Retail and Interbike
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Bob Meers, a former head of the Reebok brand and...
Bob Meers, a former head of the Reebok brand and former CEO of Lululemon, has taken over Alignmed, a company that claims to have a developed a proprietary touch/tension technology, Neuroband, that stimulates muscles and nerves to improve posture and balance
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Skullcandy is closing its office in San Clemente, California, and...
Skullcandy is closing its office in San Clemente, California, and offering positions to most of its staff of 30 people at its headquarters in Park City, Utah. The closure has led to the resignation of the company's chief financial officer, Kyle Westcoat. Separately, Sam Paschel, former executive vice president of ...
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Eilers Sport, which is described by Sport Partner as the...
Eilers Sport, which is described by Sport Partner as the oldest sports distribution company in the Netherlands, is to be taken over by French partners. Eilers is a wholesaler selling specialist team sports and other products to retailers, from brands like Mikasa, Easton, Toalson, Porter, Ihsan and Trial, among others. ...
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Shareholders of the former PPR group have given their final...
Shareholders of the former PPR group have given their final approval to its name change to Kering
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Dakine is moving to new and larger headquarters in Hood...
Dakine is moving to new and larger headquarters in Hood River, Oregon, closer to vanues for hiking, windursfing, kiteboarding and SUP
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According to The Australian Review, Billabong is considering the sale...
According to The Australian Review, Billabong is considering the sale of West 49, the Canadian-based action sports retail chain it acquired in mid-2010 for about $93 million, to help refinance itself. Since the takeover, West 49 has been downsized from 138 mall stores to 70, not including six locations operating ...
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Christian Tourres, member of Adidas Group's supervisory board and former...
Christian Tourres, member of Adidas Group's supervisory board and former partner of the late Robert Louis-Dreyfus at the top of its executive board, cashed in €2.85 million a few days ago by selling 32,710 shares at a price of €87.00 each. He was taking advantage of record high values for ...
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Waitt Co., a Omaha-based investment company, owner of a number...
Waitt Co., a Omaha-based investment company, owner of a number of sports brands, has announced the acquisition of the Bobby Jones golf brand from W-Diamond Group. The agreement gives Waitt a long-term license for the exclusive use of the brand globally for apparel, golf equipment and related products. The terms ...
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IC Companys, the Danish-based parent company of Peak Performance, is...
IC Companys, the Danish-based parent company of Peak Performance, is to sell its Jackpot and Cottonfield brands to the Danish Coop, one of country's leading consumer goods retailers. The move is part of a process of simplifying its business model, in line with the corporate strategy it had previously announced. ...
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PPR, the French-based parent company of Puma and Volcom, is...
PPR, the French-based parent company of Puma and Volcom, is now listed on the Euronext stock exchange as KER. The company's annual shareholders meeting on June 18 is set to change the company's name to Kering.
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El Corte Inglés, which is the largest department store group...
El Corte Inglés, which is the largest department store group in Europe and one of the largest retailers of sports products in Spain, has announced plans to restructure debts of about €5 billion with banks and various other financial institutions in Spain and abroad, taking advantage of the current low ...
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Erima has established a new subsidiary for the Danish market,...
Erima has established a new subsidiary for the Danish market, targeting an annual turnover of €2 million within the next five years. It will be directly steered by the controlling shareholder of the German team sports apparel company, Wolfram Mannherz. He will work with Thomas Liebsch, responsible for sales and ...
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SmartGuy, a 13-year-old Danish company that sells fashion and sports...
SmartGuy, a 13-year-old Danish company that sells fashion and sports clothing over the internet through the website SmartSport.dk, has reportedly purchased a German online sporting goods retailer, Sportprofi.de. The deal cost SmartGuy 8 million Danish kroner (€1.1m-$1.4m) for the German operation, which is expected to generate annual sales of between ...
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A court in Barcelona has accepted the voluntary bankruptcy of...
A court in Barcelona has accepted the voluntary bankruptcy of Vilella Sports, the former Spanish distributor of Mizuno. According to a report in Tradesport, the Japanese company had broken the relationship last January, claiming delays in payments, and is now planning to set up its own subsidiary in the country, ...
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Orvis has announced that it will acquire the Scientific Anglers...
Orvis has announced that it will acquire the Scientific Anglers and Ross Reels businesses from 3M. Upon completion of the transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed, Orvis plans to continue to operate these businesses independently. Orvis will not carry Scientific Anglers-branded fly lines in its catalog, stores or ...
